Richard D. Hall – A Travesty of Justice
UK independent journalist, researcher and documentary filmmaker Richard D.
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Philosophy
A collection of 491 articles
The Unexpected
Despite calendars and clocks and all the mental gymnastics we use to control life and time, surprises are at the heart of existence. This may seem like a truism, but if so, it is one of those truths we often avoid in our desire for stability and the quelling of
The Deadly Rise of Scientism
One of the greatest challenges each society faces is deciding what constitutes "truth." Whoever holds that power wields enormous influence and steers the direction of the society for better or for worse. For centuries, "truth" was delegated to the ruling institutions of the time, and hence truth was simply the
Following the Advice of Ancient Philosophers Can Make You Happier
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Jordan B Peterson: The Reflection I Never Wished to See
In the dusty corridors of intellectual exploration, I, an avid follower of Jordan B Peterson’s insights into Jungian psychology and Nietzschean philosophy, find myself confronting a recent heartbreak.
At first, I chose to ignore it, not ready for what it actually meant. But I’ve mulled over it for
The Deception of Today’s Push for Diversity
We must all be alike.
Radical Dismissal
Here’s another weird thing I think is going on.
Klaus Schwab wants to stop the retreat of globalisation and global governance with a new form of globalisation and global governance
Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret’s book ‘Covid-19: The Great Reset’ identified “the global governance free fall” as an existential challenge and if we do not collaborate “we are doomed.”
“Nation states make global governance possible (one leads the other),” the book states. “The more nationalism and isolationism pervade the
Commentary: On the need for metaphysics in psychedelic therapy and research
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Rock Piles
We didn’t go here before did we? Come with me now.
It’s a sunny spring day.
Two Australian researchers conclude “far-right” humour is a danger to democracy
Two Australian political researchers published a paper in Television & New Media to examine “the use of online humour and ridicule to promote and normalise far-right exclusionary discourses.”
Their examination is limited to Australian politician Pauline Hanson’s cartoon series Please Explain. From this cartoon series, they have drawn all their
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger has started a database of encyclopaedias to challenge Wikipedia’s dominance
Wikipedia has become a bastion of establishment propaganda that no longer even pretends to be neutral on the controversies of the day, and this is very dangerous to society, explained Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger on Conversations That Matter with The New American magazine’s Alex Newman.
This undermining of neutrality,
Minimal self-consciousness and the flying man argument
The concept of minimal self-consciousness or “minimal self” is equivalent to a very basic form of first-person, pre-reflective self-awareness, which includes bodily self-awareness, and is related to phenomenal experience (qualia) and sentience. This phenomenological concept plays a role in characterizations of the senses of ownership and agency; in recent debates
When philosophical nuance matters: safeguarding consciousness research from restrictive assumptions
In this paper, we revisit the debate surrounding the Unfolding Argument (UA) against causal structure theories of consciousness (as well as the hard-criteria research program it prescribes), using it as a platform for discussing theoretical and methodological issues in consciousness research. Causal structure theories assert that consciousness depends on a
David Icke – Exposing the Illuminati & Satanic Government & That’s Why He Gets Censored!
“Do you know anyone who’s confident and secure in and of themselves, who wants to censor anybody? No, no they’re quite happy for an open debate and free flow of information because they’re confident that what they’re saying will stand up to that scrutiny. People who
